Platformer

By Casey Newton

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Weekly audio updates at the intersection of tech and democracy. From Casey Newton.

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Episode Date
The Trump administration's AI doomer moment
May 06, 2026
How we're shaking up Platformer for the AI era
Apr 28, 2026
The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot
Apr 17, 2026
Sam Altman’s second thoughts
Apr 14, 2026
Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled
Apr 07, 2026
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?
Apr 01, 2026
Spotify takes on its doppelgänger problem
Mar 25, 2026
Why Meta is retreating from encryption
Mar 17, 2026
Inside the backlash to the AI war machine
Mar 06, 2026
What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?
Mar 03, 2026
The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived
Feb 27, 2026
The infinite scroll goes on trial
Feb 20, 2026
Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end
Feb 10, 2026
The reporter who tried to replace herself with a bot
Feb 06, 2026
Five ways of thinking about Moltbook
Feb 03, 2026
What a big study of teens says about social media — and what it can’t
Jan 28, 2026
The AI productivity paradox
Jan 23, 2026
What I learned while cloning my own voice
Jan 14, 2026
Grok gets blocked
Jan 13, 2026